What is the weather or climate of tropical oceans?

Answer 1

The weather in the ocean's ecosystem is different according to the location. Temperatures in the polar regions and in deep areas of the ocean are colder. Places near the equator and water closer to the surface have warmer temperatures.

Answer 2

Tropical oceans encircle Earth in an equatorial band between the Tropic of Cancer (23.5° North latitude) and the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5° South latitude). * The central portions of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and most of the Indian ocean lie in the tropics. The warm tropical oceans play a critical role in regulating Earth's climate and large-scale weather patterns. Much of the planet's biological diversity resides in the tropics, and the global distribution of species and ecosystems depends on oceanographic and atmospheric processes that occur in the equatorial oceans.

Heat from the Sun drives global circulation of Earth's oceans and atmosphere. Much of that critical solar radiation initially falls on the tropics, where the Sun lies almost directly overhead for the entire year. The water temperature of tropical oceans thus typically exceeds 20°C (68°F) and stays relatively constant throughout the year. Particularly intense radiation directly over the equator evaporates seawater and forms a mass of very warm, humid tropical air that subsequently rises and cools as it flows north and south. Because cool air holds less moisture than warm air, the water vapor quickly condenses into clouds and falls as precipitation. Heavy, warm, yearround rains are a hallmark of Earth's tropical regions. Fragile, biologically diverse ecosystems such as rainforests and coral reefs thrive in the warm, wet tropics.

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Answer 3

Tropical oceans generally have warm temperatures, high humidity, and frequent precipitation. They are prone to the formation of tropical storms and hurricanes due to the warm water temperatures. Overall, tropical oceans have a consistently warm and humid climate.